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View submission: Zen Solves *ALL* Your Problems
There are a handful of folks who do not seem to wish to engage in good spiritual and civil conversation, but are just knee-jerk angry often. So, I have decided to disengage from such particular folks, and just wish them well in their practice and life.
Most of the essays that I post here are to test drafts before Tricycle runs the final draft (https://tricycle.org/author/jundocohen/[1]). They seem to be received with more open heart and mind there and some other places, so I am not sure the problem with some vexed voices. In any case, be well. Keep good humor and an open mind. Keep sitting.
1: https://tricycle.org/author/jundocohen/
Comment by Sensitive_Invite8171 at 19/01/2025 at 19:52 UTC
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One reason giving teachings might land better at Tricycle is that Tricycle is actually an appropriate forum for playing the role of teacher, unlike this subreddit where it is pretty clear such behavior isn’t really harmonious
Comment by 2bitmoment at 18/01/2025 at 02:01 UTC
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I didn't enjoy the OP. Maybe it felt off or tone deaf or alien? It's one thing to say there are no issues or problems in buddhism, it's maybe another to say that to someone who is currently dying or heartbroken. Even if the doctrine says so: maybe the phrasing can sound callous. And the waffling/contradicting worse, like to you it's just a game. But again: not a problem with the doctrine. I think it's instead a problem of writing structure, of set up and punchline or payoff. That'd be my interpretation.